Underplayed Gems

My Bunny Lies over the Sea (1948)

My Bunny Lies over the Sea poster
Original title
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Bugs Bunny travels to Scotland for a golf game. He runs into a short-tempered Scotsman who wants to play a round too.

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What happens

My Bunny Lies over the Sea is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on December 4, 1948. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Mel Blanc played both Bugs Bunny and the Scotsman. The title is a play on the second line of the old song, "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean". The seven-minute short has been released on DVD multiple times in different compilation discs, and as of 2003 is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1. Though this cartoon was the Scotsman's (named Angus MacRory) only theatrical appearance, he also made his second major role in "It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World" episode (first aired on February 3, 1996) in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries. The Scotsman appeared briefly in a 1989 TV special and on a couple of Animaniacs episodes. He can also be seen in the 1996 hit film, Space Jam, watching the Toon Squad/Michael Jordan basketball game. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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